Mathematics / Year 6 / Measurement and Geometry / Using units of measurement

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Curriculum content descriptions

Connect decimal representations to the metric system (ACMMG135)

Elaborations
  • recognising the equivalence of measurements such as 1.25 metres and 125 centimetres
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Decimals,  SI units

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      Selected links to a range of interactive and print resources for Measurement topics in K-6 Mathematics.

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      Measurement: Foundation to Year 9

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